Sentences with phrase «eighth graders scoring»

In Philadelphia, 18 percent of eighth graders score proficient in math.

On the 2007 Trends in International Math and Science Study, just 6 % of American eighth graders scored «advanced.»

87 % of Brooke Matapan Eighth Graders scored Proficient or Advanced on both Math and ELA in the 2015 - 16 PARCC.

More than 75 percent of eighth graders scored proficient or advanced on the math exam, a big change from just 9 % in 2008.

On the most recent test, 39 percent of fourth graders and 34 percent of eighth graders scored at or above the proficient level.

Wisconsin fourth graders scored at the national average and eighth graders scored above the national average in understanding the meaning of words, according to the first vocabulary results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

The average fourth grader in the United States scored 222 on the NAEP reading test, while the average eighth grader scored 46 points more, or 268.

Utah's fourth grade students scored about five points above the national average and it's eighth graders scored nine points higher.

Not exact matches

Test scores for third through eighth graders were released Wednesday and they show a dramatic drop in the number of New York state students who are considered proficient in math and English.

This summer, state education officials released statewide test results that showed a drop in the math and English scores for third through eighth graders as the new Common Core standards take hold.

Scores have increased steadily for two decades, raising nationwide averages by 28 points for fourth - graders and by 21 points for eighth - graders since 1990.

And nationwide scores for students classified as Hispanic rose in both grade levels; the score gap between white and Hispanic eighth - graders shrunk by three points between 2009 and 2011.

Made up of scores from 550,000 fourth and eighth graders from more than 40 countries, the assessment shows a handful of East Asian countries scored among the highest, whereas U.S. students wound up in the middle of the pack.

Previous research by Gassman - Pines, Ananat and Gibson - Davis found that after states experienced widespread job loss, test scores dropped among eighth - graders in that state.

And more good news: the most recent sixth - grade proficiency scores surpassed AYP targets» for language and eighth graders met AYP language targets, missing AYP in math by one point.

While 93 percent of U.S. eighth - graders failed to achieve an advanced score on the test, only 5 percent of them «Disagreed a lot» with the statement that they «do well in math.»

This is all on top of the fact that its overall scores are still distressingly low (e.g., 19 percent of its eighth graders read proficiently).

Had Finland's eighth graders taken NAEP in 2011, it's a good bet that the proportion scoring below NAEP proficient would have been similar to that in the U.S. And yet articles such as «Why Finland Has the Best Schools,» appear regularly in the U.S. press.

The study found that after multimedia technology was used to support project - based learning, eighth graders in Union City, New Jersey, scored 27 percentage points higher than students from other urban and special needs school districts on statewide tests in reading, math, and writing achievement.

• States with larger percentages of tracked eighth graders produce larger percentages of high - scoring AP test takers, whereas states where tracking is less prevalent tend to have a smaller proportion of high scorers.

But on TIMMS, only eight nations have a higher average math scale score among eighth graders.

African - American eighth graders in DoDDS schools scored second in the nation when compared with their peers in non-military schools; Hispanics placed first among Hispanic students nationwide.

In other words, increasing the share of eighth graders in tracked courses by ten percentage points is associated with an additional 20,000 students scoring 3 or higher on AP exams nationwide.

(On the NAEP exam, the scores of eighth graders declined during the same period, she notes.)

The researchers found that in 1998, about 38 percent of the eighth graders sent to the district's Transition Centers — alternative schools for students who turn 15 before graduating from eighth grade — were still unable to raise their scores to meet the promotion cutoff after being retained and attending summer school again this August.

«Less than 10 percent of our nation's eighth graders with IEPs are scoring proficient in reading, according to the best available data.

Among Florida ELL eighth - graders at middle schools that do not have a sufficient number of white eighth - grade students, only about 10 % scored at or above the proficient level in math.

On the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress, or what's known as the nation's report card, reading and math scores edged up nationally to new highs for fourth and eighth graders.

For the first time since 1990, math scores dropped for fourth and eighth graders in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the country's most respected tool for measuring how well students understand key academic concepts.

For example, in Texas 22 % of ELL eighth - graders scored at or above the proficient level on the math assessment, compared with 44 % of black eighth - graders.

Forty percent of fourth - graders and 33 percent of eighth - grade students scored proficient on the NAEP math exam.

Nationally, average NAEP scores were also lackluster, with average math scores declining slightly among fourth - and eighth - graders, and in eighth - grade reading.

American eighth graders continue to demonstrate lackluster knowledge and skills when asked basic questions about U.S. history, geography, and civics, with between 18 and 27 percent of students scoring proficient or higher, new data show.

This doesn't square with the National Assessment of Eduational Progress, which reports that only 40 percent of Keystone State eighth - graders were Proficient and above in reading while 22 percent scored Below Basic.

In the most recent NAEP results, from 2015, average math scores for fourth - and eighth - graders fell for the first time since 1990.

In reading there have been gains in fourth grade, but the national scores for eighth graders were essentially the same in 2009 as they were in 1998.

Nationally, eighth graders» average scores on the NAEP U.S. history, geography, and civics assessments showed no significant change in 2014, compared to 2010 — the last assessment year.

In reading, 36 percent of fourth - graders and 34 percent of eighth - graders scored proficient.

And the nearly seven years of dynamic, inspirational leadership and reform of DCPS hasn't been able to change the fact that the district has the lowest reading scale scores for low - income eighth graders.

Last year, 100 percent of eighth graders passed Massachusetts statewide exams in math and English, with 96 and 98 percent respectively scoring «proficient or advanced,» compared to a state average of 78 and 48 percent, and a Boston average of 59 percent and 28 percent.

Eighth graders taking the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, and high school students taking the state's graduation exit exam for the first time also posted mostly higher scores over last year, though the growth was more modest.

The inclusion of larger percentages of students with disabilities — 11 percent in both grades in 2009 compared with eight percent in 2007 — did not impact overall achievement as average scores and proficiency levels for the commonwealth's fourth and eighth graders were similar to 2007.

They alleged that 42 percent of New Orleans district's fourth - graders and 53 percent of its eighth - graders scored «unsatisfactory» on Louisiana's statewide promotion exam in 1999.

While Virginia students again ranked among the nation's highest achievers, the 2009 NAEP results for the commonwealth show that overall achievement among Virginia fourth graders is similar to achievement in 2002, while the overall average reading score for eighth graders has declined.

By contrast, scores for fourth and eighth graders have been steadily climbing.

The rankings in the first - of - its - kind report are based on vocabulary scores of fourth and eighth graders on the 2011 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) in reading.

After four years at the charter school, eighth - graders showed average test score gains in math equal to an additional year and a half of school, compared with district students.

Overall 77 percent of eighth - graders scored advanced or proficient on math, up from 76 percent last year.

Black eighth graders in Virginia achieved an average score of 250, which represented little change from 2007's average of 252.

The average score of Hispanic eighth graders in Virginia was 256, which is statistically higher than the national average, but did not represent a significant change from 2007.